Olin Faculty

Corporate finance, market microstructure, economics of information, and game theory

Academic/Professional Activities:

Member, American Finance Association, The Society for Financial Studies, and The Econometric Society

Awards/Honors:

Best Paper on Financial Institutions & Markets, The Analysis Group - Western Finance Association, 2009

WRDS Award for the Best Empirical Finance Paper, The Wharton School - Western Finance Association, 2009

Marcile & James Reid Chair for consistent excellence in teaching, Washington University Olin School of Business, 2007

Klachky Fellowship, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Personal Interests:

Professor Kadan enjoys jogging, and spending time with his family.

Ohad Kadan joined the Olin Business School in 2002. In his research he studies aspects of liquidity, information, and incentives in markets. He has studied the optimal design of electronic limit order markets. He has also studied the design of compensation contracts for both management and lower tier employees. His work also includes examinations of the bias analysts have toward the investment banks they research.